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ERD: Where does it all come from??

On Thursday, October 14, the Environmental Impact team put together the 4th Electronics Recycling Day for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Despite the dreary weather, enough people took advantage of the free two-hour collection of electronics waste and plastic bags to result in these piles:

Thanks to Rebecca Pineo for helping us throughout, to Ashby Leavell for helping us load up the van, and to Larry Armstrong of the UD Farm for volunteering the van to bring the whole load to UD Supporting Services.

I don’t know about you, but looking at the amount of STUFF that passes through our hands at the workplace and at home gives me pause for thought. Modern life does seem to require that we throw away a lot of things in order to keep up with what’s new, and nowhere is that so evident as in the electronics we use. The least we can do is make sure that we get rid of these things responsibly, which is why the EI team is happy to facilitate this collection every semester for the College. So if you missed this one, hold on to those dead batteries, old phones, printers, computers, miscellaneous cords, etc. until next spring! You know you’ve got at least a few.